Tinubu departs for India on Monday to attend G20 summit
President Bola Tinubu on Monday is expected to depart Abuja for New Delhi, India, to attend the G-20 Leaders’ summit.
Tinubu is attending the two-day summit on the special invitation of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, read on Sunday.
In the statement titled ‘President Tinubu set to attend G-20 Summit in India with investment attraction topping Nigeria’s agenda,’ Ngelale revealed that the President aims to leverage the platform to attract global capital and promote increased foreign direct investments in key labour-intensive sectors of Nigeria’s economy for job creation and revenue expansion.
At the G20 summit, the Nigerian leader is expected to share Nigeria’s perspective on the theme, “One Earth-One Family-One Future,” which speaks to the global unity required to address the challenges facing humanity and the planet.
Although Nigeria is not yet a member of the G-20 bloc founded in September 1999, the Presidential aide said Tinubu’s participation at the Summit is, in part, in furtherance of his objective to make the country a member of the bloc.
Accompanying President Tinubu on the mission are the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar; Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite.
